NATS 1840 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Los Angeles Railway, Pacific Electric, Internal Combustion Engine
15 May 2017
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Nats 1840 - lecture 17 - urban mass transit. Automobile and horse, short distance interurban transportation. Urban mass transit, horse drawn carriages, horse drawn trains and cable cars. Cars and horses, internal combustion cars and electric, cars and electric trolleys automobiles and intra-urban transit, mass transit and urban spaces (car taxes) Car a rich man"s toy, and lack of appropriate road infrastructure. Early roads meant for: short distance trips and local traffic ambient traffic . Automobile preferred method of transit in this system, for individuals and groups. Jitney craze of early 20th century, cars or larger motorbuses, 12 or more passengers, mimic streetcar routes. Competition between jitneys and trolleys mirrored later competition between trains and trucks. Rail taxes and licensing fees, unfair competition. Raise of basic wages, increased costs, unpopular fare increases. Inflation post wwi, increasing costs for train companies, impact of competition. Los angeles, pacific electric, transit in outlying areas, los angeles railway, transit in the city proper.
